Research Assistant
Göteborgs universitet / Övriga jobb / Göteborg
2018-04-27
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At the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences (BioEnv) we have teaching and research activities that stretch from the alpine ecosystem, through forests, cultivated land and streams, all the way into the marine environment. In these environments we study different levels of biological organisation from genes, individuals and populations, to communities and ecosystems. We work within ecology, evolution, physiology, systematics and combinations of these fields in order to understand the impact of natural and anthropogenic changes of the environment.
The department is placed at three different localities: in Gothenburg Botanical garden, at Medicinarberget in Gothenburg, and at the marine research station that is run by the Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Infrastructure-Kristineberg. The current position is placed at the Gothenburg Botanical garden.
Project description
The researcher will work with a newly started collaboration between the Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, hosted by the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and the V-Dem Institute and CeCAR (Centre for Collective Action Research), hosted at the Department of Political Science. Both departments are part of University of Gothenburg.
Job assignments
The job assignment includes integrating large scale biodiversity data with V-Dem indicators to analyze relationships between democracy/democratization and biodiversity. This includes assembling global scale information on biodiversity from multiple sources, analyzing these data together with V-Dem indicators and additional climatological and socio-economic factors, taking into account biased sampling and low data quality. Additionally, the assignments include the summary of the results, in a written report or scientific publication.
The employment
This is a fixed-term employment for 3 months, 100%, starting as soon as possible or upon agreement.
Eligibility
Eligible to be employed as a Research Assistant is a person with a university degree on a basic or advanced level in political science or related discipline, with focus on democratic theory and environmental politics as outlined in the advertisement.
Assessments
The required qualifications are:
• A Master 's degree or higher in political science or related discipline, with focus on democratic theory and environmental politics.
• The applicant must have documented experience with compiling, handling and statistically analyzing multidimensional and disaggregated datasets.
• Intermediate to advanced experience in STATA and/or R is required.
• The candidate must be independently driven, and also must work well in teams.
• As this is a cross-disciplinary and integrative project, the ideal applicant must be able to explore "big picture" connections between disciplines and datasets and understand potential relationships amongst disparate data.
• Very good communication skills are needed both in spoken and written English and Swedish.
Furthermore, the following qualifications are desirable:
• Experience in analyzing the relationship between V-dem data and large-N environmental time-series data is a strong merit
• A familiarity with biological datasets (GBIF, iBird, IUCN, and similar)
• The job assignment is team-based and requires strong social skills. Personal qualities such as social, communication and collaborative skills are therefore of great importance.
For more information about the employment and how to apply
In order to apply for a position at the University of Gothenburg, you have to register an account in our online recruitment system. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the job advertisement, and that it is submitted before the deadline. The selection of candidates is made on the basis of the qualifications registered in the application.
Closing date: 2018-05-17
In connection to this recruitment, we have already decided which recruitment channels we should use. We therefore decline further contact with vendors, recruitment and staffing companies.
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Publiceringsdatum2018-04-27ErsättningIndividuell lönesättning
Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2018-05-17
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Box 463
40530 Göteborg
KontorsadressBox 463
Jobbnummer 4113468
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